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Baroque Key Terms
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- 1Anacrusisupbeat
- 2Anticipationdissonance that appears before the main beat where is is repeated as a consonance
- 3Antiphonyan instrument or group of instruments that alternate sections of music with one another in a call-and-response pattern
- 4Augmented Chordthe 5th in the chord is sharpened
- 5Auxiliary Notea non-harmony note that moves by step from and back to harmony notes
- 6Bariolagerapid alternation on a bowed instrument on an open string
- 7Baroquethe style of music written from 1600-1750
- 8Bass Viola six-stringed, fretted bowed instrument, popular for continuo parts
- 9Binary Formmusic of two repeated halves, normally of equal length
- 10Broken Chordplayed like an arpeggio
- 11Cadential Phraseshort melodic phrase that moves towards a cadence point
- 12Cadenzaimprovised section for a soloist
- 13Canona strict form of imitation where the parts copy each other exactly
- 14Cantabilea strict form of imitation where the parts copy each other exactly
- 15Chromaticnotes or chords that aren't major or minor
- 16Concertoorchestral piece with a role for soloist(s)
- 17Conjunctterm used to describe melodic writing that mainly moves by steps
- 18Consonancechords that are considered harmonically stable
- 19Continuoa bass accompaniment with chords improvised above
- 20Countersubjecta secondary idea; in a fugue, usually accompanies the subject
- 21Diatonic Tonalitysystem of major and minor keys
- 22Diminished 7thchord made up of minor 3rds
- 23Diminutionmaking the rhythmic values of a melody or motif shorter
- 24Dissonancea note that does not belong to a major or minor chord
- 25Dominant5th note of the scale
- 26Dominant 7thchord 5 with an added 7th
- 27Episodespassages where the soloist predominates
- 28False Relationone spelling of a pitch contradicted by another on the next beat in a different musical instrument
- 29Fermatapause
- 30Figured Bassa continuo part with numbers that are shorthand for the different chords to be improvised above the bass
- 31FortspinnungBach's melodic style where a melody appears without discernible periods
- 32Fragmentationtaking a small part of a musical motif and using it by itself or with new material attached
- 33Functional Harmonychord progressions that move strongly between tonic and dominant harmony
- 34Harmonic Rhythmrate of chord change
- 35Homophonictexture where a melody is supported by block chords
- 36Homorhythmparts play in same rhythm
- 37Interrupted Cadencefrom chord V to VI
- 38Inverted Pedala pedal in the top part of the texture
- 39Melodic Inversiona melody appearing in opposite pitch configuration
- 40Modal Modulationfrom a major to a minor version of the same key
- 41Modulationprocess of changing key
- 42Monotoneone repeated pitch
- 43Motifshort melodic idea
- 44Neapolitan 6ththe flattened supertonic chord
- 45Organic Growthdevelopment of a melody that changes gradually from one phrase to the next
- 46Organogeneral term for 'keyboard' in the baroque era
- 47Ostinatorepeated pattern
- 48Passing Notea dissonance that moves by step from one harmony note to the next
- 49Pedallong held note
- 50Periodic Phrasingmelodies where four-bar phrases balance each other
- 51Pivot Chorda chord that belongs to 2 keys; often used to help composers modulate smoothly
- 52Polyphonya texture where the musical lines are all relatively independent of each other
- 53Programme Musicmusic that is descriptive or tells a story
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